Field Trips

The SDFL Field Trip Program serves as a follow-up to the summer camps provided in Edgewood Independent School District.  The program involves taking small groups of 8^th grade students on field trips to local businesses in order to increase awareness of job opportunities and promote self-esteem through interaction with community business leaders.  During each field trip, business leaders become mentors by leading students on a tour of the business, explaining what their organization does, and discussing various jobs and their corresponding educational requirements and salary ranges.

Our goal is for every student to obtain a higher level of education, thus increasing their overall lifetime earnings.  Due to the generosity of more than 100 local businesses, 2,800 students have participated in the program since January of 2005.  Businesses that have served as mentors through the SDFL Field Trip Program include:

Ft. Sam Houston Army Base	San Antonio Police Department
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center	San Antonio Water System
Methodist Healthcare System	SeaWorld of San Antonio
Pape-Dawson Engineers	University of Texas at San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base	Wells Fargo Bank